TERRIFIC DALAT MOTORBIKE TOUR TO HOI AN OR DANANG VIA CENTRAL HIGHLANDS – 4 DAYS

Itinerary:

Brief itinerary

Day 1: Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot via Lak Lake

Day 2: Buon Ma Thuot motorbike tour to Pleiku – Kon Tum

Day 3: Kontum motorbike tour to Kham Duc

Day 4: Kham Duc motorbike tour to Danang via My Son Holyland

DAY 1: DALAT  MOTORBIKE TOUR TO LAK LAKE AND BUON MA THUOT

This morning, you will be met at the hotel after your breakfast. We’ll start riding onward to Buon Ma Thuot with a visit to Dalanta Falls near Dalat.  The road is narrow, winding, but not busy.  We have three passes to cross – Krong No, Chuoi,  and Phu Son. The drive itself is quite beautiful and lined with dense forests

After having lunch in Lak Lake, we’ll take an offroad motor-ride to Lak Lake on Road 27, a small paved road with poor surfacing and quite busy. Here we can have a break for refreshment and troll around the by the lake. There are said to be about 31 different ethnic groups in Dac Lac, each with their own traditional dress and customs.  Some of the villages are known for elephant hunting and taming, some for weaving and other arts. Finally, we’ll ride back to Buon Ma Thuot city for an overnight

Summary

Distance:  200 km

Accommodation: Hotel in Buon Ma Thuot

Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 2: BUON ME THUOT MOTORCYCLE TOUR TO PLEIKU – KON TUM

After having breakfast at hotel, we need a time to stop by a coffee shop or bar to drink a cup of the best coffee in Vietnam before setting off another ride to Pleiku because Buon Ma Thuot is so well-known as a Kingdom of coffee not only in Vietnam but also in the world.

Get your ultimate caffeine fix when you visit the World Coffee Museum in Central Highland. Explore interactive and open spaces with over 10,000 objects of coffee cultures around the world. This vast coffee gallery is initiated by the biggest Vietnamese coffee brand – Trung Nguyen Legend Group. Enjoy various photo opportunities inside and bring home unique souvenirs you can’t find elsewhere

We then will follow the Highway 14 to ride straight to Kon Tum via Pleiku. Along the road, we’ll keep on viewing endless coffee plantations on the Central Highland with peaceful villages located on the roadsides.

Lunch at Pleiku, From here, we ride along the Tun River and up over a pass to Kon Tum. Along the way are coffee plantations and the stilt houses of the Central Highland’s largest ethnic group of the Gia Rai.

In Kon Tum we can visit the Catholic church and the orphanage, based behind the Catholic Church in town and run by a group of French nuns. If time permits, you can also visit a beautiful Bahnar village near town.

Summary

Distance:  240 km

Accommodation: Hotel in Kon Tum

Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 3: KON TUM MOTORBIKE TOUR TO KHAM DUC

After breakfast in local restaurant we continue riding north on Highway 14 today on a bit of a bumpy section of the road to Kham Duc.

Today is really a day to visit different minority villages. We will ride over Lo Xo Pass, making lots of stops along the way to meet De and Trieng minorities, who live along the Dak Po Ko river. Along the river are many amazing hanging bridges, built by the local people to cross to the opposite shore.  Lunch will be in Tan Canh, and we can visit a village of Se Dang

Overnight in Kham Duc

Summary

Distance:  140 km

Accommodation: Hotel in Kon Tum

Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 4: KHAM DUC MOTORBIKE TOUR TO HOI AN OR DANANG VIA MY SON SANCTUARY

After breakfast, we’ll keep on rolling on the highway to Hoi An and on the way, we’ll stop by to visit My Son, a world heritage site that is the Cham version of Angkor Wat. Most of the temples are dedicated to the Hindu god, Shiva, considered by the Cham as the founder and protector of their dynasties.

We then get to hotel in Danang for a check-in.

Summary

Distance:  150 km

Accommodation: Hotel in Danang

Meals:   Breakfast, Lunch

*Hotels in Dalat (before the ride) and Danang (after the ride) / Airport transfers are available upon request : 3 star/4 star hotel options